CVE-1999-0047 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Sendmail versions 8.8.3 and 8.8.4, specifically within its MIME conversion process, affecting various BSD/OS and OpenLinux distributions. This flaw carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a highly severe risk with network-based exploitation, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.